MSB and SBo common entries
Posted: 2014-07-06 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: MATE, MATE desktop environment, MATE SlackBuilds, slackbuilds, slackware Leave a commentI decided to make a quick check of the common entries between MATE SlackBuilds (MSB) and SlackBuilds.org (SBo). The following packages provided by MSB 1.8 (as “base” and “extra”) for Slackware 14.1 are available at SBo 14.1 repo: Read the rest of this entry »
Reboot instead of shut down
Posted: 2014-06-08 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: laptop, power off, rc.local_shutdown, reboot, shutdown, slackware Leave a commentI have a Lenovo ThinkPad S430 laptop. Occasionally, when I want to shut down the machine, it would power off and a second later turn on again. Seems to happen more often when using the battery, but I am not sure. I am using XFCE and this happens when I select shut down from the Log out menu. This behaviour can be really annoying if you are on a hurry… Read the rest of this entry »
Zotero bibliography manager
Posted: 2014-05-30 Filed under: academic, office, slackbuilds | Tags: bibliography, references, slackbuilds, zotero 2 CommentsI have been looking for a good bibliography manager for Linux. I have used Bibus in the past, it it does not seem to work with the new versions of OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. Luckily, I got a great tip from Ryan P.C. McQuen — Zotero. Read the rest of this entry »
gdm Init
Posted: 2014-05-25 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: gdm, kdm, xbacklight, xgamma 2 CommentsI am using XFCE and decided to make my laptop boot directly to X. So, I installed gdm from SBo and changed the runlevel in /etc/inittab: Read the rest of this entry »
Faster boot
Posted: 2014-05-17 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: boot, cron, rc.M, speed up Leave a commentI usually do not care too much about my system boot time. Slackware running on modern hardware, especially with a SSD for / (root file system) will boot very fast without any additional tweaking. My laptop, however, does not have a SSD and although the machine is relatively new, I find it convenient to speed up the booting a little more. Read the rest of this entry »
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